Backgammon Board
The backgammon board has 24 long triangles in alternating colors called points. The board is divided into four quadrants: the player's home board and outer board and the opponent's home board and outer board. Each quadrant consists of 6 points.
The points on the backgammon board are given numbers according to their location at the player's home board. One player's 1-point is located on the far right of his home board and the opponent's 1-point is at the far left of his home board. The player's 1-point is the opponent's 24-point.
Each player has 15 checkers in different colors. At the beginning of the game, the backgammon board is set up in that manner:
Each player places 5 checkers on his 6-point
3 checkers on the 8-point
5 checkers on the 13-point
2 checkers on the 24-point
Additional Backgammon Equipment
The doubling cube is placed in the middle between the two players with the 64 faces up. The dice cup is used to shake the pair of dice and to ensure that the dice is not manipulated by either player.
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